This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the following are natural sources of pollution except A) Dust. B) Volcanoes. C) Burning fuels. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fuels. 2. Which of the following is a non-transmissible disease? A) Measles. B) Diabetes. C) Tuberculosis. D) HIV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diabetes. 3. What does a substance's toxicity depend on besides what it is? A) If it was produced naturally. B) Its scientific name. C) How much you are exposed to. D) Where it is found in the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How much you are exposed to. 4. Contaminates bioaccumulate when which of the following happens to them in the body? A) They act quickly and are eliminated with waste. B) The last longer and are eliminated with waste. C) When they get stored in the fatty tissue and cannot be eliminated with waste. D) When they get stored in the fatty tissue and are eliminated with waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When they get stored in the fatty tissue and cannot be eliminated with waste. 5. Which of the following pollutants is likely to be the biggest problem for people who have asthma? A) Pesticides. B) DDT. C) Lead. D) Particulate matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Particulate matter. 6. Which is an example of a brownfield? A) A home foreclosed by the bank. B) Abandoned shopping center. C) Abandoned gas station. D) A landfill that has been capped and repurposed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abandoned gas station. 7. Which of the following types of people generally has a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards than the other types of people? A) Teenager. B) Adult. C) Infant. D) None; all have equal sensitivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infant. 8. What are the two reasons why people in developing countries suffer greater health impacts. A) Crowded areas and poor sanitation. B) Crowded areas and good sanitation. C) Spread-out population and good health care. D) Spread-out population and poor health care. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crowded areas and poor sanitation. 9. What is the difference between pollution from natural sources and pollution from human activities? A) Naturally occurring pollutants are less toxic. B) Pollution from human activities has not been researched. C) Pollution from human activities can be predicted and controlled. D) Naturally occurring pollutants are only hazardous in small dosages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution from human activities can be predicted and controlled. 10. The category of chemicals that effects the central nervous system is A) Neurotoxins. B) Carcinogens. C) Teratogens. D) Endocrine disrupters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotoxins. 11. Which human disease is spread by mosquitos A) Cholera. B) West Nile Virus. C) Bubonic plague. D) Measles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Nile Virus. 12. Which disease is NOT typically spread when there are flood conditions A) HIV. B) Cholera. C) Malaria. D) Typhoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HIV. 13. The amount of a toxin that causes the first symptoms to appear is A) Threshold Dose. B) Route of Entry. C) LD50. D) Lethal Dose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshold Dose. 14. What is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time and is increasing rapidly called? A) Environmental. B) Pandemic. C) Emerging. D) Infectious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerging. 15. This disease is spread through the bacterium Vibrio cholerae . A) Smallpox. B) Malaria. C) Cholera. D) HIV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cholera. 16. Since PCBs may cause birth defects in a human fetus, they are classified asI. CarcinogensII. MutagensIII. Tetatogens A) I only. B) II only. C) III only. D) I and II only. E) I, II, and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) III only. 17. Any substance that poses a chemical hazard is considered a(n) ..... A) Pathogen. B) Carcinogen. C) Allergen. D) Toxican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toxican. 18. Which of the following is a dome of water that crashes along the coast? A) Thunderstorm. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Storm surge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurricane. 19. In the the United States, which agency takes the lead for responding to emerging diseases? A) Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). B) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). C) World Health Organization (WHO). D) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). 20. Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a: A) Pathogen. B) Toxicant. C) Pandemic. D) Carcinogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogen. 21. Which mosquito drinks blood? A) Female. B) Male. C) Both male and female. D) Mosquitoes don't drink blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Female. 22. What is the effect as a result to exposure of a substance? A) Dose. B) Threshold dose. C) Response. D) Toxicology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response. 23. What are symptoms of Minimata Disease? A) Warts, skin rash, headache. B) Teeth fall out, shaking, mental problems. C) Skin peels, tremors, vision loss. D) Vision and hearing problems, tremors, difficultly walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vision and hearing problems, tremors, difficultly walking. 24. How could recycling rates be increased? A) Providing tax breaks and subsidies for recycling. B) Require items to be separated before pickup. C) Decrease government purchases of recycled materials. D) Decrease tipping fees for landfills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Providing tax breaks and subsidies for recycling. 25. The process through which pollutants get increasingly more concentrated at each step up the food chain is A) Biomagnification. B) Anaphylaxis. C) Toxicity. D) Bioaccumulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomagnification. 26. People in developing nations are more likely than people in developed nations to die from A) Heart disease. B) Diabetes. C) Environmental issues. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental issues. 27. Which of the following is an infectious disease that is spread through drinking water polluted by human feces? A) Hanta virus. B) Malaria. C) Influenza. D) Dysentery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dysentery. 28. Which of the following is a neurotoxin? A) Thalidomide. B) Asbestos. C) DDT. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 29. A large percentage of MSW in the United States is A) Paper. B) Food waste. C) Metal. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper. 30. When concentrations of toxicants increase each step up the food chain it is called? A) Biomagnification. B) Epidemiology. C) Toxicology. D) Risk assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomagnification. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesImpacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 1Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 3Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 4Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 5Air Pollution QuizAnthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment QuizBiomass Energy QuizBiomedical Waste Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books